Hershey vs. Dorney Park

Will be visiting Philadelphia in mid-August with 3 boys (11,11,12)

Would like to extend the trip for 3 days and had thought of the Lehigh Valley area (Iron Pigs game, biking, rafting, Dorney Park). Being told we should consider the Hershey area.

Any ideas on similar activities in the area. Reasons to pick Hershey over Dorney Park.

Thanks

Hershey vs. Dorney Park

Another park to chose from would be Knoebels Grove Amusement Resort in Elysburg, PA (off I-80 near Bloomsburg). It%26#39;e been rated the top Family Amusement Park in the USA. Good food, great rides and family friendly prices. Top rated bumper cars, haunted house and pizza. Free parking, free admission (pay one price or use incrementally priced ride tickets) and free entertainment. Your boys will love it. They have three rollar coasters, but many more rides that are anchored to the ground. We%26#39;ve been twice, so far this year.

Hershey vs. Dorney Park

I admit to a bit of bias since I live within 15 minutes of Dorney but I think it%26#39;s an easier drive and a prettier area then Hershey.

I just went to my first Iron Pigs game a couple of weeks ago and was very impressed with the brand new park.

Lots of biking opportunites plus the Velodrome if you just want to watch the pro%26#39;s. http://www.lvvelo.org/

I like both the layout for the waterpark and the regular amusement park at Dorney better then the hilly set up at Hershey. I think the shows are better at Hershey, but that would not be a high priority for most kids. I think there are more coasters at Dorney, which is a real fun factor.

For rafting, I assume you are going white water rafting north of Allentown but you could also consider tubing down the Delaware in Bucks county or canoeing on the Lehigh.

Thanks to you both for the information. I think we%26#39;re leaning towards Dorney so we can build a couple of extra days in. I believe that area has more of the types of activities the boys would enjoy.

I hadn%26#39;t seen anything on tubing...any reccomendations on where to go?

Thanks

You can google Rafting on the Delaware River for more suggestions, but I think this is the one we used: http://www.delawarerivertubing.com/ but it might have been this one: http://www.rivercountry.net/ Sorry for the bad memory. :(

The road parallel to the river is very pretty and windy. The river does have a good current though so make sure the kids wear their life vests and bring some rope so you can tie the tubes together for fun.

I used to live 5 minutes from Dorney. But I%26#39;ve also been to Hershey plenty of times. Dorney has a better Water Park area. Hershey has better roller coasters. Depends what you %26amp; your boys are into. About an hour north of Hershey in Williamsport is the Little League Hall of Fame %26amp; Museum. It%26#39;s about 2 hours from the LV area.

If your kids like wild roller coasters knobles is not the place.I was born up by knobles and thats all thats there.Hershey though has extreme and mild roller coasters also hershey just bulit a new roller coaster ';farenhite';which is an extereme roller coaster.Hershey park is always crowded though.Dorney park also has extreme and mild coasters.Dorney park also buuilt a new coaster and it is usally not crowed.ALso dorney park is minutes away form lehigh valley.I like hershey but dorney pafrk is my favorite.

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